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PAN AFRICAN RESOURCES PLC - TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

Release Date: 25/03/2025 10:30
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TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

Pan African Resources PLC                                Pan African Resources Funding Company Limited
(Incorporated and registered in England and Wales        Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa with
under the Companies Act 1985 with registered             limited liability
number 3937466 on 25 February 2000)                      Registration number: 2012/021237/06
Share code on AIM: PAF                                   Alpha code: PARI
Share code on JSE: PAN
ISIN: GB0004300496
ADR ticker code: PAFRY
("Pan African" or the "Company" or the "Group")


                TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS (to be sent to the relevant issuer and to the FCA in Microsoft
Word format if possible) i

1a. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer
of existing shares to which voting rights are at-                 PAN AFRICAN RESOURCES PLC
tached ii:

1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer (please mark with an "X" if appropriate)
Non-UK issuer

2. Reason for the notification (please mark the appropriate box or boxes with an "X")

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                                                  X
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify)iii:

3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation iv

Name                                                       Van Eck Associates Corporation

City and country of registered office (if applicable)      New York, NY USA

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) v
Name                                                       ESB Pension Fund GDX
                                                           VanEck Gold Miners ETF
                                                           VanEck Gold Miners ETF (AU)
                                                           VanEck Gold Miners UCITS ETF
                                                           VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF
                                                           VanEck Junior Gold Miners UCITS ETF
City and country of registered office (if applicable)

5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or
reachedvi:                                                 21/03/2025


6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY):             24/03/2025


                                                                                                  
7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation

                                                        % of voting rights                                 Total number of
                           % of voting rights at-   through financial instru-       Total of both in %     voting rights held
                           tached to shares (to-    ments                           (8.A + 8.B)            in issuer (8.A +
                               tal of 8. A)          (total of 8.B 1 + 8.B 2)                              8.B) vii                  
                                
                                                     
  
  Resulting situation
  on the date on which
  threshold was
  crossed or reached       6.799%                                                    6.799%                137,964,448
  Position of previous
  notification (if         4.765%                                                    4.765%
  applicable)




8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or
reached viii

A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of                       Number of voting rights ix                                % of voting rights
shares
ISIN code (if possible)          Direct                 Indirect                      Direct                   Indirect
                             (Art 9 of Directive    (Art 10 of Directive        (Art 9 of Directive      (Art 10 of Directive
                            2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)      2004/109/EC)             2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)         2004/109/EC)
                                                        (DTR5.2.1)                                             (DTR5.2.1)
Common Stock
                            137,964,448                                          6.799%
GB0004300496

SUBTOTAL 8. A                             137,964,448                                             6.799%



B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (a))

                                                                           Number of voting rights
Type of financial in-     Expiration      Exercise/                        that may be acquired if
strument                  date x          Conversion Period xi             the instrument is            % of voting rights
                                                                           exercised/converted.


                                          SUBTOTAL 8. B 1




                                                                                                                         
B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to Art. 13(1)(b) of Directive
2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (b))
                                         Exercise/             Physical or        
Type of financial    Expiration          Conversion Pe-        cash                 Number of                    % of voting rights
instrument           datex               riod xi               settlement xii       voting rights
                                         


                                                               SUBTOTAL
                                                               8.B.2


9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation (please mark the
applicable box with an "X")

Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled by any natural person or legal entity and does not
control any other undertaking(s) holding directly or indirectly an interest in the (underlying) issuer xiii

Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entity xiv        X
(please add additional rows as necessary)

                                                                     % of voting rights
                                   % of voting rights if it          through financial in-           Total of both if it
                                    equals or is higher              struments if it equals          equals or is higher
  Name xv                             than the notifiable            than the notifiable             or is higher than the
                                         threshold                   notifiable threshold            threshold
                                                                    
  ESB Pension Fund GDX                      0.031%                                                          0.031%

  VanEck Gold Miners                        3.647%                                                          3.647%
  ETF
  VanEck Gold Miners                        0.113%                                                          0.113%
  ETF (AU)
  VanEck Gold Miners                        0.413%                                                          0.413%
  UCITS ETF
  VanEck Junior Gold                        2.330%                                                          2.330%
  Miners ETF
  VanEck Junior Gold                        0.264%                                                          0.264%
  Miners UCITS ETF



10. In case of proxy voting, please identify:
Name of the proxy holder                                        Glass Lewis

The number and % of voting rights held                          137,964,448 shares and 6.799% voting rights

The date until which the voting rights will be held             Open




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11. Additional information xvi




Place of completion      Tampa, FL. USA

Date of completion       24 March 2025



Rosebank
25 March 2025

For further information on Pan African, please visit the Company's website at
www.panafricanresources.com


 Corporate information

 Corporate Office                                      Registered Office
 The Firs Building                                     107 Cheapside
 2nd Floor, Office 204                                 2nd Floor
 Cnr Cradock and Biermann Avenues                      London
 Rosebank, Johannesburg                                EC2V 6DN
 South Africa                                          United Kingdom
 Office: + 27 (0) 11 243 2900                          Office: + 44 (0) 20 3869 0706
 info@paf.co.za

 Chief executive officer                               Financial director and debt officer
 Cobus Loots                                           Marileen Kok
 Office: + 27 (0) 11 243 2900                          Office: + 27 (0) 11 243 2900

 Head: Investor relations                              Website: www.panafricanresources.com
 Hethen Hira
 Tel: + 27 (0) 11 243 2900
 Email: hhira@paf.co.za

 Company secretary                                     Nominated adviser and joint broker
 Jane Kirton                                           Ross Allister/Georgia Langoulant
 St James's Corporate Services Limited                 Peel Hunt LLP
 Office: + 44 (0) 20 3869 0706                         Office: +44 (0) 20 7418 8900

 JSE sponsor                                           Joint broker
 Ciska Kloppers                                        Thomas Rider/Nick Macann
 Questco Corporate Advisory Proprietary                BMO Capital Markets Limited
 Limited                                               Office: +44 (0) 20 7236 1010
 Office: + 27 (0) 63 482 3802
                                                                                             
 Joint broker
 Matthew Armitt/Jennifer Lee
 Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co KG (Berenberg)
 Office: +44 (0) 20 3207 7800




                            

Date: 25-03-2025 10:30:00
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